Winter Specific Main Course Meals

Makke di Roti te Sarson da Saag

Exclusive winter Punjabi delicacy, Makke Di Roti Te Sarson Da Saag is a dish you can’t ever deny. Slightly thick in texture yet soft, butter laden Makke ki Roti when relished with the spicy and dense curry of mustard (Sarson) leaves is the true delight to savour your taste buds. Filling and packed with nutrients, this combination is worth to try.

Matar Nimona with Steamed Rice

Matar Nimona is a special winter main course dish, especially, relished in many households in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the major delicacies prepared with fresh green peas and potatoes, spiced up with indigenous spices and herbs. Although it can be prepared round the year using frozen green peas, but the authentic flavors imparted by the natural fresh peas available only in the winters is beyond any taste. Savoured with steamed rice or buttered up Tawa Rotis, this spicy curry has runny gravy and makes an exotic dinner recipe.

Litti Chokha

Calories don’t count when you savour Litti Chokha. Delicious and healthy at the same time, this Bihari preparation involves only roasting and baking. Round wheat flour Littis are stuffed with the spicy mixture of Sattu (Kala Chana mixture), baked, dipped in pure Desi Ghee and served with Chokha made from roasted eggplants, boiled potatoes, diced tomatoes, onions, garlic etc. added with spices and mustard oil. This exclusive winter meal is relished like hotcakes at the street stalls and even prepared in many households.

Bajra Roti with Palak ka Saag

Bajra Roti with Palak ka Saag is yet another authentic winter main course meal. Smeared with dollop of butter, hot and crisp Bajra Rotis when savoured with the spicy Palak Saag (spinach curry) is filling and a warm delicacy to feast upon. Tempering of Saag in a perfect combination of spices and the smoky taste of the Bajra Roti, make the dish enticingly palatable.

Aloo Methi with Missi Roti

Seasoned with an array of spices, flavoursome Aloo Methi curry tastes superbly delicious with buttered up spicy Missi Roti (Flat bread prepared from wheat and gram flours). This ethereal combination is so tempting that you will surly like to savour it time and again. Packed with plenty of nutrients and phenomenal spicy taste, Aloo Methi curry can be best savoured only in the winters.

Matar Paneer with Lachha Parantha

Though the lip smacking combination of Matar Paneer and Lachha Parantha can be relished anytime round the year, but its real taste is enjoyed only in this cold season. Decked up with the goodness of fresh green peas, soft roasted Paneer cubes and the best assortment of spices, this thick curry brings out wonderful flavours when tried with crisp n hot Laccha Parantha.

Kashmiri Matar Pulao

Steaming hot Kashmiri Pulao holds a unique flavour with a slight hint of sweetness imparted from dry fruits and other seasonal fruits, like- pomegranates, pineapple, apples etc. Garnished with fried onions, walnuts, cashews and almonds, this delectable recipe is the talk of the town during winters. Wafting aroma of saffron and cardamom makes you to drool once the Pulao is ready to nosh on.

Undhiyo with Puris

Popular winter delicacy of Southern Gujarat Undhiyo is a spicy delectable mixed vegetable dry curry that goes phenomenal with round puffed Poori or Roti. Seasonal veggies, like- purple yam, sweet potatoes, potatoes, eggplant, raw bananas, pigeon peas etc. all go into its one of a unique kind of preparation. This recipe owes its name to the Gujarati word ‘Undhu’ which means upside down, as the dish is prepared in upside down earthen pots (Matka).

Makke Ki Baati

Corn flour recipes are exclusively relished in winters. Beyond Makke ki Roti and Dhokla, this flour is also used widely to prepare a unique and scrumptious dish, Makke ki Baati. Prepared similarly as wheat flour Baati, corn flour is seasoned with salt, cumin seeds, carom seeds, red chili powder and Meetha Soda (Papar Khara- alkaline salt), kneaded into soft dough and made into small round Baatis. Baked and garnished with sesame oil it is relished as such or with spicy Urad Dal tempered with indigenous spices.

These are some of the delectable meals that can be easily prepared at home and are also available in the market. If you wish to know more about such delicacies and locate your nearby food joints, download the app right away!